Editorial: Der Hacker in Ihrem Rechner
Die PHP-Lücke war das größte Cyberereignis seit Jahren. Sie hat gezeigt, was auf uns zukommt. Dass sie aus der politischen Debatte schon wieder verschwunden ist, könnte sich rächen.
Certain stories etch themselves into memory with such depth I could never have imagined their possibility. The 9/11 attacks or Britain's decision to leave the EU are prime examples. Such moments remain indelible in a society's collective consciousness, never fading from memory. Last week, while I was in the Swiss Alps, I witnessed a phenomenon that confirmed this very moment.
Websites belonging to local councils, ministries, police stations, financial offices, hospitals, and businesses across the globe were suddenly offline. In Basel, a crisis team was convening, and Rotterdam's largest port web presence had vanished from the internet. I knew immediately that this was a moment of heightened urgency. A vulnerability had been discovered in the PHP programming language, which powers roughly 70% of all websites worldwide.
It was clear that many malicious hackers could exploit this flaw. A race against time commenced, with each passing hour increasing the risk of catastrophic attacks.
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